Ambivalent, vain, a target of bullying who grew into a bully, Snape, played with such subtle mastery by Alan Rickman, was a brilliantly gray exception to the black-and-white moral scheme of the Potter universe.
Yet a newspaper article from the mid-fifties, headlined "TV's New Policy for Negroes," depicts Sidney as the "single exception" to the exclusion of black dramatic actors.
An exception to the sea of black was TY MURRAY, the retired world bull-riding champ, who wore a white cowboy hat.
Speaking of which, Merlin's been criticised for its "modern" appearance, by which I can only assume that people take exception to the number of black actors in the cast (unless it's the often cheap-looking CGI).
The one group that Obama hopes is the rare exception to the rule is black women.
An exception to the rule is "The Little Black Book," produced in the 1890s in the "Paris of the Plains" — Kansas City, Mo.
Roger H. Corbin, a Democratic legislator who is black, took exception to the comparison.
Once Dave would have been an exception to the rule, but British music of black origin is now richer and more successful than ever, with UK rap, grime and Afro-pop filling up the charts.
Black-cab drivers have taken exception to the mayor's proposals because, they argue, they discriminate against daytime drivers.
In the 1960s, the U.S. Justice Department used the exception to protect blacks and civil rights workers in the South.
